Venue Statements from successful participants

Statements from successful participants
Venue
During the events since 2009, many productive and
lasting contacts have been established between researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia
and other parts of Europe. That‘s why our participants
are keen to meet in Düsseldorf each year as part of their
proposal preparation for Horizon 2020.
Van der Valk Airporthotel Düsseldorf
Am Hülserhof 57
40472 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.airporthotelduesseldorf.de/en
Airport-venue shuttle is supported by:
Christoph Baum,
Polyscale GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen
Prof. Dr. Claudia Wickleder,
University of Siegen
“The event gave me a deep insight
into European research and innovation projects and the corresponding
funding opportunities in Horizon
2020. Furthermore, it was highly
beneficial for building networks
leading to common proposals”
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in the
heart of Europe
Contact
ZENIT GmbH
Bismarckstraße 28
45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Germany
www.nrweuropa.de
Dr. Bernd Janson
Tel.: +49 208/30004-22
Email: bj@zenit.de
Successful R&I in Europe 2014
6th European Networking Event
Geographically central position in Europe – 17.5 million
people – Gross Domestic Product of 582.1 billion Euros
(22 % of German GDP) – economic hub of Europe –
region with the highest density of universities and
research institutions in Europe: 72 universities, over 50
non-university research institutes – among them 12 Max
Planck institutes, 13 Fraunhofer institutes, 11 institutes of
the Leibniz Association, 3 Helmholtz centres, 13 Johannes
Rau research institutes plus approx. 100 university
research institutes.
www.wissenschaft.nrw.de
Ministry of Innovation, Science
and Research of the German State
of North Rhine-Westphalia
Völklinger Straße 49
40221 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.wissenschaft.nrw.de
Petra Henseler
Email: petra.henseler@miwf.nrw.de
30-31 October 2014
Van der Valk Airporthotel Düsseldorf (new location!)
Germany
picture credits: istockphoto
“As a young start-up enterprise
founded in the framework of an
FP7 project, we profited from
introducing our technology to a
vast international audience of
companies, universities and
research institutes”
Programme
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Successful R&I in Europe: 6th European Networking Event
30-31 October 2014 I Düsseldorf, Germany
Friday, 31 October 2014
Registration open until 17 October 2014
Impression from the 5th European Networking Event in 2013
Successful R&I in Europe 2014
6th European Networking Event
For the sixth time, the conference invites researchers and
entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and regions in
Europe to find new European research and innovation (R&I)
partners for Horizon 2020 projects. The series of events
has been a great success with over 1400 participants since
2009. In 2014, special partner regions are: Belgium, Finland,
France, Greece, the Netherlands and Poland. The networking event will be structured in parallel brokerage sessions
focussing on six topics:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Energy
Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing (NMM)
Sustainable Economy
Life Sciences
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
The event addresses especially universities and research
institutes as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.
Participants are invited to become involved in established
and new technology networks between researchers, entrepreneurs and multipliers related to Horizon 2020. Giving
a short presentation (ideas and/or results) or finding a
partner by talking to other decision-makers opens doors for
new research and innovation projects in Europe with a focus
on Horizon 2020.
Call for presentations (ideas and/or results) is open until
17 October 2014 under www.zenit.de/horizon
13.00 Welcome
9.30 Welcome
13.05 13.15
Opening Session: Svenja Schulze,
Minister of Innovation, Science and Research,
North Rhine-Westphalia
9.35 Services for Proposals and Projects, Ingrid Zwoch,
National Contact Point Life Sciences, Project
Management Agency - part of the German
Aerospace Center, PT DLR (tbc)
13.35 Introduction of Partner Regions
Keynote Speech: Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director
General, Directorate-General for Enterprise and
Industry, European Commission, Brussels
9.45
Success Stories in Europe based in NRW
10.05 Coffee/Start of parallel sessions
10.15 Session 4: Parallel Workshops
“NRW projects seeking partners in Europe”
13.40 Success Stories in Europe based in NRW
Coffee/Find a Partner
14.00
Coffee/Start of parallel sessions
14.15 Session 1: Parallel Workshops
“NRW projects seeking partners in Europe”
12.00
Session 5: Parallel Workshops
“European projects seeking partners in NRW”
16.15
Coffee/Find a Partner
13.00
Interactive Lunch/Find a Partner
Session 2: Parallel Workshops
“European projects seeking partners in NRW”
The conference language is English. Coffee/Find a Partner
18.15 Session 3: Parallel Workshops
“Services for proposals and projects”
19.15
Start of exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
Reception/Dinner
Dinner speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrzej Górak,
Technical University Dortmund
21.00
Bus tour/city sightseeing “Düsseldorf by Night”
Online: www.zenit.de/horizon
Fax: + 49 208/30004-61
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Conference fee: € 100 (€ 75 one day) per person including
VAT. Free participation for speakers in sessions 1 to 5.
Speakers are obliged to participate on both days.
Please find further offers for hotel accommodation
under www.zenit.de/horizon